talk a lot 2 information exchanges nature

Talk a Lot
Nature – Island Life
Student A:
Ask and answer questions to complete the gaps. Which island would you live on? Why?
SOGGY ISLAND
trees:
flowers:
climate:
animals/fish:
plants:
water:
birds:
landscape:
insects:

trees:
flowers:
climate:
animals/fish:
plants:
water:
birds:
landscape:
insects:

ARID ISLAND
none

orchids, sunflowers
warm and humid
hyenas, camels / none

long grass, rice, sugarcane
an oasis
flamingos, seagulls, ducks
wet and soggy
flies, cockroaches
REDWOOD ISLAND
redwood, birch, oak

SNOWY ISLAND
Arctic Poppy, lichens
very cold all year round, blizzards

bears, deer, horses / trout
tundra: grasses, mosses, etc.
waterfalls, rivers, lakes
gulls, snow goose, guillemots
mountains, rocks, snow, ice
lots of mosquitoes, caterpillars

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Student B:
Ask and answer questions to complete the gaps. Which island would you live on? Why?

trees:
flowers:
climate:
animals/fish:
plants:
water:
birds:
landscape:

insects:

SOGGY ISLAND
willow, poplar

ARID ISLAND
desert rose
hot and dry

crocodiles, turtles / flounders
cacti
swamps, rivers, marshes
crows, vultures
desert; flat, rocky, dusty, empty
butterflies, crickets, spiders
REDWOOD ISLAND

trees:
flowers:
climate:
animals/fish:
plants:
water:
birds:
landscape:
insects:

SNOWY ISLAND
pine, fir

roses, daisies, violets
summer: warm; winter: cold
polar bears, wolves, moose, whales / cod

vines, bushes, nettles
lakes, icebergs, rivers
owls, woodpeckers
grassy plains, forests
bees, wasps, beetles, flies

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